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August 29. Martin and Angela shared,  “We will soon come to the end of these sessions. I don’t know whether you have learned a lot of information, gained knowledge or gained wisdom and insight which is something different.   Relationships cannot be rationalised can they?  I know many cases where people argue about that. But then we also cannot build a relationship purely on feelings. “Love is pretty irrational.  I don’t know why I love Beauty so much, I even like to think I worship the ground she walks on and that is irrational to say the least.”  “Ah, love is about feelings but much more than that as we have discussed this month.”  “It is about acceptance, even of things like homosexuality.  Why did God make our son that way?”  

Scripture:  The foolishness of God is wiser than men and the weakness of God is stronger than men.  1 Cor 1:25.   Pope Francis. We would like to reaffirm that every person, regardless of sexual orientation ought to be respected in his or her dignity, while every sign of unjust discrimination is to be carefully avoided.  Families should be given respectful pastoral guidance so that those who manifest a homosexual orientation can receive the assistance they need to understand and fully carry out God’s will.  AL250.  The Synod Fathers observed that as for proposals to place unions between homosexual persons on the same level as marriage there are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogues to God’s plan for marriage and family.  AL251  JUBILEE:  May the Christian community always be prepared to defend the rights of those who are most vulnerable, opening wide its doors to welcome them, lest anyone ever be robbed of the hope of a better future.   Act and pray. For the needs of families of all kinds to grow in love and acceptance.